- From: Nicolas Lesbats <nlesbats@etu.utc.fr>
- Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 18:07:01 +0100 (MET)
- To: Masayasu Ishikawa <mimasa@w3.org>
- cc: www-html@w3.org
The message was previously sent to the www-wai-ig@w3.org mailing list, but it seems that this list is more appropriate. On Sat, 13 Jan 2001, Masayasu Ishikawa wrote: > [ This is my personal opinion ] > > Nicolas Lesbats <nlesbats@etu.utc.fr> wrote: > > > Some things trouble me in ISO-HTML, and I think it's quite related to > > accessibility. > > > > 1. Why headers are just authorised in the BODY element ? > > Probably to impose the proper nesting of sections while being a complete > subset of HTML 4 Strict. ISO-HTML normatively requires the proper > nesting of sections, and it has a tricky mechanism to enforce this. > You might want to look at relevant thread in www-html. > > Subject: ISO HTML and headings > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-html/2000Sep/thread#51 Thanks to that. I already searched among W3C archives but I didn't find this. > > 2. Why form elements are only accepted in FORM and FIELDSET elements ? > > Probably to ensure that form controls won't appear outside of the form > element. In HTML 4, form controls may appear outside of the form element, > e.g. when they are used to build user interfaces together with scripting. I understand that, but then ISO-HTML documents are not always -I think- HTML4 strict documents: see for instance http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwwwassos.utc.fr%2F%7Eplaider%2Frecherche.iso.html which was a conform ISO-HTML document but not http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwwwassos.utc.fr%2F%7Eplaider%2Frecherche.test.html which was the HTML4 strict equivalent (only the DTD changes). Note that these pages are pages created for test only. As a matter of fact, I can't believe that there is nothing wrong with these examples because I can't believe that ISO-HTML claims to product HTML4 strict documents if it doesn't. I don't think I've made mistakes in creating them, maybe the W3C validator have troubles but I think it doesn't (because I get the same conclusion in comparing DTDs). What do you think about? Regards Nicolas > Unlike HTML 4, ISO-HTML doesn't support scripting, so form controls > should not appear outside of the form element. > > As you noticed, use of form controls has become a bit harder by this > restriction ... > > Regards, > -- Nicolas Lesbats - nlesbats@etu.utc.fr 1 rue des Capucins, Appt. 39, 60200 Compiegne 03 44 20 81 01
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